Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Neeraj Dhiman
Neeraj is the founder of Notifire and oversees the editorial standards every briefing is held to. He set the publication's structured briefing format, the source-trust rubric, and the AI-assistance disclosure policy. Outside Notifire, he writes about cloud platforms, container orchestration, and the operational practices engineering teams adopt to keep production systems reliable at scale.
Areas of coverage
- Editorial leadership
- Kubernetes
- Cloud platforms
- DevOps
- Site Reliability Engineering
Recent briefings by Neeraj
AI
Security Concerns Now Slow AI Adoption
A new Linux Foundation report finds that security readiness is the biggest obstacle to AI adoption. A widening gap exists between the rush to deploy AI and the ability to secure it. The report notes 67% of teams face pressure to accelerate deployment despite security risks.
Security
Old Virus Secretly Altered Calculations
A newly analyzed computer virus from over 20 years ago, named fast16.sys, reveals an early Stuxnet-style attack. The malware was designed to selectively target high-precision calculation software, subtly altering results in memory. This highlights a long-standing threat of data manipulation in critical systems.
Security
Four Malicious npm Packages Discovered
Cybersecurity researchers have identified four malicious packages on the npm registry: `chalk-tempalte`, `@deadcode09284814/axios-util`, `axois-utils`, and `color-style-utils`. These packages were designed to steal information from developer systems and have been downloaded thousands of times.
AI
A Normal-Looking Image Can Jailbreak AI Models
Researchers found a way to jailbreak vision-language AI models using tiny, invisible changes to images. This new attack method bypasses standard safety filters that only analyze text prompts, creating a significant new security risk.
AI
Government Request Forces OpenAI to Limit GPT-5.6 Access
OpenAI is limiting access to its new GPT-5.6 model following a government request. The company warns this sets a concerning precedent for AI regulation, potentially restricting access to powerful tools for developers, businesses, and security teams.
AI
How an Engineer Used AI to Find Security Flaws
A software engineer used GitHub Copilot, Claude, and Gemini to find security vulnerabilities in the ClickHouse codebase. This practical case study shows how AI can help developers without deep security expertise improve software security.
AI
Notion Kills Email App as Users Choose AI
Notion is shutting down its Notion Mail app, stating that users now prefer AI agents to manage their inboxes. The move highlights a major shift in how people interact with email and productivity software.
Security
New AMD Zen 5 Chips Can Leak Sensitive Data
Researchers found critical flaws in AMD processors, including the new Zen 5 architecture. The vulnerabilities could allow a local attacker to steal sensitive data, potentially compromising cryptographic operations and leaking privileged information.
Security
New AI Coalition to Find and Fix Open Source Flaws
Cybersecurity firm Chainguard has launched Athena, an industry coalition using AI to find and fix vulnerabilities in critical open-source software. The group aims to secure the foundational components of the internet before attackers can exploit them.
AI
Microsoft Is Using AI to Explain the Brain
Microsoft Research has a new AI method that can generate testable scientific theories about how the brain processes language. This approach aims to turn AI from a "black box" into a tool for genuine scientific discovery.
AI
Salesforce AI Agent Only Charges for Solved Problems
Salesforce launched a new AI help agent with a novel pricing model. Companies will only pay when the AI successfully resolves a customer issue, directly linking support costs to its actual performance and value.
AI
Why Slack Moved Its AI to Multiple Clouds
Slack shared its four-phase journey from a single-cloud AI setup to a multi-cloud platform using both AWS Bedrock and Google Vertex AI. The move offers a valuable roadmap for companies seeking more flexible and resilient AI infrastructure.
AI
How NASA and AT&T Use AI to Make Decisions
Companies are now deploying thousands of AI agents. This new wave, called Agentic AI, moves beyond content creation to actively perform tasks and support decisions for major organizations like NASA, AT&T, and Aflac.
AI
A Single Fake Photo Can Now Crash Markets
Generative AI makes creating fake images easy, eroding trust in digital media. A single fake photo of an explosion recently caused a stock market dip, showing the real-world financial and social risks of deepfakes.
AI
Vercel Adds AI Model with Double the Throughput
Vercel's AI Gateway now offers the GLM 5.2 Fast model, which runs with twice the throughput of other serverless options. This allows developers to build faster and more responsive AI-powered applications on the platform.
AI
UN Demands AI Companies Reveal Environmental Damage
The United Nations is calling on AI companies to disclose their full environmental impact. A new initiative will track water usage, carbon emissions, and land use, increasing pressure on tech firms to build more sustainable AI.
AI
Why Intuit Scrapped Its Old AI Infrastructure
Intuit completely rebuilt its AI infrastructure to meet rising customer demands. The company moved from a general-purpose agent system to a more specialized, skill-based model designed to handle complex, multi-step tasks that older architectures couldn't manage.
AI
Microsoft AI Finds Missed Diagnoses in Genomic Data
Microsoft Research released Talos, an open-source AI that re-analyzes old genomic data. As scientific knowledge grows, the tool finds previously missed rare disease diagnoses, successfully identifying 90% of cases in a large validation study.
AI
Measuring AI ROI Is More Science Than Art
Many executives struggle to measure AI ROI, feeling it's more art than science. New frameworks from MIT Sloan Review provide structured approaches to help companies accurately gauge the return on their significant AI investments.
AI
Old Crypto Mines Get a $500M AI Makeover
A data center firm is spending $500M to convert 15 former crypto mining sites into AI cloud facilities. The deal highlights the intense competition for the massive power and infrastructure needed to fuel the AI boom.